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Liberator | 04.12.2007 15:24 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

--- 20,000 mink released in Sionlla [Santiago de Compostela], Spain
"It is the time of year when the owners of mink prisons begin their slaughter. We considered it necessary to stand against this in an effective and direct way-- without hesitation.




Source:  http://www.directaction.info/news_dec03_07.htm
Photos:  http://www.directaction.info/images2/Spain_mink_Nov07b/FrameSet.htm

anonymous communique (translation):

"20,000 mink released in Sionlla [Santiago de Compostela]

During the night of 27 to 28 November a group of us decided that we would put our anti-speciest, animal liberationist beliefs into practice.

It is the time of year when the owners of mink prisons begin their slaughter. We considered it necessary to stand against this in an effective and direct way-- without hesitation.

We went to the farm located in Sionlla (Santiago), facing the Monte du Gozo and we completely emptied it; each and every one of the over 24 sheds they had, liberating over 20,000 mink. Unfortunately the proprietors of the farm, thirsty for money, already had begun the slaughter. They had already murdered at least one thousand mink, had skinned them and laid out the skins to dry. The skins were found (by us), thrown into a muddy ditch which was filled with what we thought was blood. The result was that the skins were totally unusable. We estimate the damage of this one, single act was approx. 60,000 euros. Finally, we poured water from a hose and spread food out for the mink.

The mass media have described us as environmentalists after the recent liberation that the ALF carried out in Castellón. But we want to clarify here that, although we don't dislike the term, our ecological beliefs are part of a radical rejection of the anthropocentrism commonly expressed by larger "environmental" NGO's. We believe in animal liberation as a vision of respect for the environment and all of us who are a part of it. Mink are wild animals; we only returned them to their natural state, from where they never should have been removed.

What we have done has been an expression of our beliefs in the real world. We believe that no one should be caged. And, as was warned in the first communication from the ALF, we repeat once again, this type of action will only end when the last oppressed animal is released. Until that moment we will contine forward."

Original Spanish communique:
"Liberados 20.000 visones en Sionlla [Santiago de Compostela]

La noche del 27 al 28 de noviembre un grupo de personas decidimos llevar nuestra postura antiespecista y por la liberación animal a la práctica.

Es la época en la que los dueños de las prisiones de visones comienzan la masacre. Consideramos que era necesario que nos opusiésemos a ella de un modo directo yefectivo; sin titubeos.

Acudimos a la granja situada en Sionlla (Santiago), frente al Monte du Gozo y la vaciamos completamente; todas y cada una de las más de 24 naves que había, liberando a unos20.000 visones. Desafortunadamente los propietarios de la granja, sedientos de dinero, ya habían comenzado la matanza. Habían asesinado ya al menos a mil visones, los habían despellejado y puesto sus pieles a secar rociándolas previamente con serrín. Las pieles fueron encontradas (por nosotros), arrojadas a un barrizal, impregnadas de litros y litros de un líquido rojo que creímos que era sangre; se les echó agua con una manguera, y por último se les arrojó comida para visones por encima. El resultado fue que las pieles quedaron totalmente inservibles. Estimamos que los daños sólo de este acto rondan los 60.000 euros.

Los medios de comunicación de masas nos ha calificado como ecologistas tras la reciente liberación que el Frente de Liberación Animal llevó a cabo en Castellón. Desde aquí queremos matizar que, aunque no nos desagrada el término en cuestión, nuestra postura ecologista parte de un rechazo radical al antropocentrismo comúnmente manifestado por las grandes ONG´s "ecologistas". Creemos en la liberación
animal desde una visión respetuosa con el medio ambiente del que formamos parte. Los visones son animales salvajes, y nos hemos limitado a devolverlos a su estado natural, de donde jamás debieron haber sido sacados.

Lo que hemos hecho ha sido una expresión de nuestras ideas en el mundo real. Creemos que ningún individuo debe estar enjaulado. Y, como se advirtió en el primer comunicado del ALF repetimos una vez más que este tipo de acciones sólo se erradicarán cuando el último animal oprimido sea liberado. Hasta ese momento continuaremos adelante."

Liberator

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clueless

04.12.2007 19:00

your "ecological beliefs" are somewhat muddled and your actual knowledge of ecology is pretty much non existant. see my earlier comment
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/12/386947.html?c=on#c185555

not a propagandist 4 the fur industry
- Homepage: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/12/386947.html?c=on#c185555


noooo....

04.12.2007 21:42

European mink near extinction  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_mink#Conservation
In rapid decline  http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/mustlutr.htm because of the escape of American mink from fur farms  http://www.iberianature.com/material/minkspain.html there are thought to be half a million on Spanish farms, long way to go then...
Cruel and wrong, but killing off another species - you idiots.

animal lover


Comments

05.12.2007 00:08

Your comments are untrue, for example that they will die off and starve. They spread about and will continue to do so day in day out until they each have their own territory. Time and time again fur farmers will claim "hundreds die", then continue in saying possibly one or two, or even three, due to a lack of evidence in court (once somebody has been caught). The few that die are usually a result in farmers, police or the military running them over in an attempt to re-capture them. Claims that mink die in their natural habitat is absurd. Mink are extremely unlikely, the only fact for certain is that 100% of mink caged in mink farms are murdered and are never given a chance.

The reason people (probably) think you are a propagandist for the fur industry is because you claim that the mink "could die from not knowing the environment". For starters - they will die if they they are not given a chance in their NATURAL habitat to survive, your claims are like saying an alligator couldn't live in a river. If mink are not returned, they will be either skinned alive, electrocuted, drowned or gassed in order for their skins to be sold.

To put it simply, they have no chance of survival in a cage awaiting a painful death, so a chance at survival is what they are not only hoping for but probably antisipating.

I find no evidence that the mink released were european or american. The links you posted (from several different usernames it seems) have no relevance to mink, the first one was an article about water voles, and did not mention anything relating to "releasing mink from fur farms is killing off the population".

What king of message are you trying to express?

Misguided


Misguided

05.12.2007 09:22

You are an idiot. This action was completely misguided. I only hope and pray the animals released die quickly before they can establish themselves as an invasive species and start wiping whole species of local wildlife out. You would have done more good gassing the mink.

That's what happens when idiots get the idea they are superior, the do things which backfire spectacularly.



Guided


Misguided

05.12.2007 10:22

Sorry it's not the same person posting. Sadly you don't seem to understand one set of links is about the disaster of releasing Mink in the UK, where it is not a native species. The other set of links is about the release of farmed Mink, which is American (they are larger), in Spain where the European Mink is native

However good it is to stop Mink farming, both are acts of environmental destruction.

you really are


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